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Asked: 2026-06-10T23:55:21+00:00

The code is very simple. But this is the first thing off this kind

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The code is very simple. But this is the first thing off this kind that I am doing, and I simply do not understand what it is that I am doing wrong.
Also this is the raw code straight from OCR.

This is GCSE computing coursework. I don’t have to fix it, but I don’t know how I’m supposed to test the stuff I’m going to add without the base code working.

<head>
    <title>Exam entry</title>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
        function validateForm(document) {
            var result = true;
            var msg = "";
            if (document.ExamEntry.name.value == "") {
                msg += "You must enter your name \n";
                document.ExamEntry.name.focus();
                document.getElementById(‘name’).style.color = "red";
                result = false;
            }
            if (document.ExamEntry.subject.value == "") {
                msg += "You must enter the subject \n";
                document.ExamEntry.subject.focus();
                document.getElementById(‘subject’).style.color = "red";
                result = false;
            }
            if (msg == "") {
                return result;
            } {
                alert(msg)
                return result;
            }
        }
    </script>
</head>
<body>
     <h1>Exam Entry Form</h1>

    <form name="ExamEntry" method="post" action="success.html">
        <table width="50%" border="0">
            <tr>
                <td id="name">Name</td>
                <td>
                    <input type="text" name="name" />
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td id="subject">Subject</td>
                <td>
                    <input type="text" name="subject" />
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit" onclick= return "validateForm()";  />
                </td>
                <td>
                    <input type="reset" name="Reset" value="Reset" />
                </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
    </form>
</body>
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  1. Editorial Team

    Your code has couple of syntax errors. I have removed that.
    here is the fiddle link

    <h1>Exam Entry Form</h1>
    <form name="ExamEntry" method="post" action="success.html">
        <table width="50%" border="0">
            <tr>
                <td id="name">Name</td>
                <td>
                    <input type="text" name="name" />
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td id="subject">Subject</td>
                <td>
                    <input type="text" name="subject" />
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit" onclick= " return validateForm();"  /><!--js function inside quotes-->
                </td>
                <td>
                    <input type="reset" name="Reset" value="Reset" />
                </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
    </form>

<script>
//function had illegal parameter
function validateForm() {
            var result = true;
            var msg = "";
            if (document.ExamEntry.name.value == "") {
                msg += "You must enter your name \n";
                document.ExamEntry.name.focus();
                document.getElementById('name').style.color = "red";
                 // document.getElementById(‘name’).style.color = "red";--->Id should be in quotes
                result = false;
            }
            if (document.ExamEntry.subject.value == "") {
                msg += "You must enter the subject \n";
                document.ExamEntry.subject.focus();
                document.getElementById('subject').style.color = "red";
                // document.getElementById(‘subject’).style.color = "red";--->Id should be in quotes
                result = false;
            }
            if (msg == "") {
                return result;
            } {
                alert(msg);
                return result;
            }
        }
</script>
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